NBA-SCHEDULE
Harden continues to hit the nets
UNDATED (AP) — The top scorer in the NBA is on a roll, racking up his sixth game of at least 40 points last night. James Harden is the man in question and this evening he and his Houston teammates are in Los Angeles to face the Clippers. The Rockets start the day with 36 wins against 16 defeats while the Clippers, who have lost five of their last 10, are 34-19.
LeBron James gets to go up against his former Miami teammates again tonight. In their first encounter, in Miami, the Heat won 101-91 as James had 30 points and Dwyane (dwayn) Wade 31 for Miami. For tonight’s game the Heat won’t have the services of Wade, who is nursing an injury.
Barring a colossal collapse over the second half of the season the Toronto Raptors will win the Atlantic Division. They lead their division by 14 games and tonight are home to Washington. The Wizards are currently 10 games back of Southeast leader Atlanta and tied with Chicago for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta’s Hawks are on the road tonight for a game with the Celtics in Boston.
The rest of the games on a busy night of play have New York at Orlando, the Spurs in Detroit, the Pelicans home to the Pacers, Memphis at Oklahoma City, the Kings playing the Bucks in Milwaukee, Golden State at Minnesota, the Mavericks home to the Jazz and the Lakers at Portland.
NHL-SCHEDULE
Wings to host Pens tonight
UNDATED (AP) — Detroit has won four straight overall with the last three coming on the road. This evening the Red Wings are in Pittsburgh to meet the Penguins in a game featuring two of the top five seeds in the Eastern Conference. This is the second of two meetings this season for the Wings and Pens, with Detroit having won the opener in overtime.
Vancouver is in jeopardy of losing its hold on the second Wild Card playoff berth in the West as the Canucks have lost five of their last eight games. The Blackhawks aren’t doing much better as they are 10-9-1 in their last 20.
And in San Jose the Sharks are looking to break a two-game losing skid with a game against the Capitals. For Washington the game marks the start of a four-game, eight-day road trip.
T25-SCHEDULE
UVA leads the way
UNDATED (AP) — The second-ranked Virginia Cavaliers are gunning for their 22nd win of the season tonight as they visit Raleigh, North Carolina. The opposition for the Cavs is longtime Atlantic Coast rival North Carolina State, which has a mark of 14-10. In their first meeting of the season the Cavaliers won 61-51. They have won eight of the last 10 encounters between the schools.
In other Top-10 games this evening sixth-ranked Villanova puts its 21-2 record up against Providence while No. 9 Louisville is home to the Pitt Panthers.
The rest of the schedule for ranked schools tonight has No. 13 Northern Iowa playing host to Illinois State, 15th-ranked Wichita State home to Indiana State, No. 19 Maryland hosting Indiana, the 20th-ranked VCU Rams home to LaSalle, 21st-ranked West Virginia on the home floor against Kansas State and 23rd-ranked Ohio State at Penn State.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tarkanian ‘very critical’
UNDATED (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry Tarkanian remains hospitalized in critical condition in Las Vegas. A son-in-law, Dr. Zafi Diamant, says the 84-year-old Tarkanian is fighting a respiratory ailment and infection for which he was taken by ambulance to a hospital Monday.
Son Danny Tarkanian characterized his father’s condition as “minute by minute.” He said earlier that doctors were trying to stabilize his father’s condition and identify the infection.
Tarkanian led three schools to the NCAA tournament, including the 1990 Nevada Las Vegas team that won a national title.
LITTLE LEAGUE
Chicago team stripped of title
CHICAGO (AP) — Little League International has stripped Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West of its national title after finding the team falsified its boundary map. The league made the announcement and said the Chicago team violated regulations by placing players on the team who didn’t qualify because they lived outside the team’s boundaries.
